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• Describes Type specimen of S^^APTOMYS INNUITUS MEDIOXIMUS (=BOREALIS) from 

 Lance au Loup, Labrador. Adult male with description and measurements. 



Beasley, L. E. and L. L. Getz. 1986. Comparison of demography of sympatric populations of 

 MICROTUS OCHROGASTER and SYNAPTOMYS COOPERI. Acta Theriologica 31:385-400. 



• Both species followed multi-year cycles. Population changes and survival were similar, with 

 lemmings showing less dramatic changes during the cycle. 



Beckstrom, S. G. 1993. Food habits of boreal owl during brood-rearing in southwest Montana. 

 Unpubl, ms. 15 pp. 



• Pellets from 10 nest boxes found CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI the most important food item 

 (53.6%). PHENACOMYS INTERMEDIUS was next most important with 20.7% biomass. Small 

 mammals in general were 99% of prey biomass. 8 SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS were found in 4 

 nests, comprising 0.7% of the diet. 



Booth, E. S, 1947. Systematic review of the land mammals of Washington. Ph.D. Thesis, Wash. 

 State Univ., Pullman. 



• Good review of knowledge up to that time; has some locations missed by Dal quest (1947). Has 

 information (by subspecies) for all Washington land mammals and includes: dot maps, 

 systematics, taxonomy, descriptions, and habitat. For SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS: shows 2 

 locations in the North Cascade Mountains. Only subspecies then knovm was WRANGELLI but 

 Booth speculated others would be found farther east (he was right). Description and 

 measurements. Habitat is described as wet, boggy places in the mountains. 



Bursik, R. J. 1993. Fen vegetation and rare plant population monitoring in Cow Creek Meadows 

 and Smith Creek Research Natural Area, Selkirk Mountains, Idaho. Cooperative Challenge Cost- 

 share Project, Idaho Panhandle National Forests and Idaho Conser>'ation Data Center, Idaho 

 Department of Fish and Game . 25 pp. 



• Botanical exploration has revealed that Cow Creek Meadows, on the east slope of the Selkirk 

 Mountains, Idaho, are of extraordinary biodiversity value. Seven rare plant populations are known 

 from the meadows along with one rare animal (Northern Bog Lemming). In addition, grizzly bear 

 and woodland caribou are known to use the drainage during parts of the year. Human activities in 

 the form of cattle grazing, logging, and road building have had an impact on the meadows and are 

 seen as a potential threat to the sensitive plant and animal populations that occur there. In 1992, 

 the Idaho Fish and Game's Conservation Data Center and the Bonners Ferry Ranger District, 

 Idaho Panhandle National Forests, entered into a cooperative agreement to establish monitoring 

 plots in fen habitats of Cow Creek Meadows and Smith Creek RNA to ascertahi whether logging 

 and cattle grazing are having negative effects on the sensitive plant populations in Cow Creek 

 Meadows. Smith Creek RNA is the control area for this study. Nine ECODATA plots were placed 

 in the Cow Creek Meadows and four were placed in Smith Creek RNA. An inventory of the 

 vascular and bryophyte floras were made in each area. One hundred and one vascular and 

 bryophyte species occur in the Cow Creek Meadows, making it one of the most floristically 

 diverse peatland systems in Idaho. Reanalysis of Cover Microplot data for each ECODATA plot 

 is recommended at three- to four-year intervals over the next 20 years or more to assess 

 population and habitat trends. Management recommendations are made, including a proposal to 

 establish Cow Creek Meadows as a Special Interest Botanical Area. 



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